National Basketball League News and Rumors
Josh McRoberts Throws it Down in ReverseAshley Brooke Nevel, dimemag.com Josh McRoberts drives the baseline and slams down a reverse dunk in tonight’s matchup between the Orlando Magic and Denver Nuggets. |
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The Thunder's offense was its usual potent self in a 106-84 romp of the Wolves on Wednesday. But Oklahoma City's improved defense also made a difference, writes Rob Mahoney. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Tony Parker scored 24 points and the San Antonio Spurs handed the slumping Los Angeles Lakers their fifth straight loss with a 108-105 victory Wednesday night. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Roger Mason scored 15 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter to rally the New Orleans Hornets to an 88-79 victory over the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Jeff Green scored 14 points, rookie Jared Sullinger added 12 points and a career-best 16 rebounds, and the Boston Celtics recovered from a dreadful third quarter with a big rally to start the fourth and held off the slumping Phoenix Suns 87-79. |
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Durant's 26 help OKC bounce back after Wizards loss |
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Raptors cruise to hand Sixers fifth straight defeat |
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Eric Freeman, yahoo.com Mark Cuban has been fined many, many times since he bought the Dallas Mavericks in 2000. In all but a very few cases (and maybe none at all, now that I think about it), he has been punished for commenting on what he perceives to be poor officiating. He'… |
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Carmelo Anthony was suspended one game by the NBA on Wednesday for confronting Kevin Garnett after the New York Knicks' loss to Boston on Monday. |
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Chicago Bulls guard Kirk Hinrich will not play Wednesday night against the Milwaukee Bucks due to a right elbow injury. |
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If the Minnesota Timberwolves are going to chase down their first playoff berth since 2004, they're going to have to do most of the work without Kevin Love. |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com A look around the league and the Web that covers it. It's also important to note that the rotation order and starting nods aren't always listed in order of importance. That's for you, dear reader, to figure out. C: Grantland. After news came down Wednes… |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com People with knowledge of the situation said Wednesday that investor Chris Hansen has contacted the Maloof family about buying the Sacramento Kings. |
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Tom Ley, deadspin.com Basketball's return to Seattle seems to have hit an unexpected snag at the 11th hour. Here's Adrian Wojnarowski describing just how close to done the sale of the Sacramento Kings was a few hours ago: More » |
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Ian Begley, ESPN.com Team doctors have instructed Knicks coach Mike Woodson to cut Amar'e Stoudemire's minutes after the player experienced soreness in his surgically repaired left knee in Monday's loss to Boston. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Playing for the blue team in a Washington Wizards scrimmage, John Wall stripped the ball from a player on the white team, outran a defender down the right sideline and went high with his left hand for a dunk. |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com If there is one thing that everyone can agree on, it's that for the last 18-plus years, we have patiently awaited a follow-up to "Shaq Fu," the 1994 video game that told the story of Shaquille O'Neal wandering into a kung-fu dojo on his way to… |
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Victor Mather, nytimes.com An easy commute and some good food made Barclays Center a winner to a couple of Long Islanders. Now, if the Nets can hire the right coach, the couple says, the team can be the arena's equal. |
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Spencer Lund, dimemag.com Steve Nash became just the fifth player to record 10,000 assists last night, even as his disappointing Lakers team got manhandled by Houston’s backcourt of James Harden and Jeremy Lin. But Nash has always been all about the team and making other guys be… |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com Early Tuesday morning, BDL's Eric Freeman brought you the story of how an on-court squabble between Kevin Garnett and Carmelo Anthony during the Boston Celtics' Monday night road win over the New York Knicks escalated into a near-incident after the game… |
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Hindsight is a very powerful thing. With the halfway point of the season fast approaching, Rob Mahoney and Ben Golliver look back at the best and worst signings of the offseason. |
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Jim Cavan, nytimes.com Avery Bradley of the Celtics was a question mark as a rookie, but his defense has made him a major force. |
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Justin Kubatko, nytimes.com The Pacers, who will host the Knicks on Thursday night, have kept winning without their leading scorer, Danny Granger, thanks to defense and a favorable schedule. |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com When the Los Angeles Lakers decided to fire Mike Brown, the name at the top of most fans' coaching wish lists was Phil Jackson. This makes sense, as Jackson led the Lakers to five NBA championships between 1999 and 2011. When the Brooklyn Nets decided t… |
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Anderson Varejao's big body has betrayed him again. |
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Steve Nash hits Metta World Peace with uncredited armpit-towel assist during Lakers/Rockets (VIDEO)Jan 9
Dan Devine, yahoo.com Pretty harsh, Houston Rockets scorekeepers. The tape clearly shows that after Steve Nash passed off his pit-stunk towel to Metta World Peace, the Los Angeles Lakers forward went right up with it and connected. No dribbling, no stutter-steps, no hesitati… |
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Sean Sweeney, dimemag.com The summer’s running joke was that New York was turning into the old timers’ playground. Jason Kidd. Kurt Thomas. Pablo Prigioni. When they brought Rasheed Wallace out of retirement, the Internet nearly exploded. But now they’re 23-11, Carmelo Antho… |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com Last year, the Indiana Pacers didn't get much national attention until late in the season, when they'd already cemented themselves as one of the league's best, most balanced teams. After winning a playoff series and giving the Miami Heat all they could … |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com As I watched the Houston Rockets cut through the Los Angeles Lakers like a chainsaw through a stuffed animal during the third quarter of Tuesday night's matchup, I found myself wondering: If I was a Laker fan, how would I describe this? Like, if I had t… |
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Eric Freeman, yahoo.com NBA players are really good at figuring out how to put a basketball through a hoop. Over years, they've built on their abilities to do so, coming up with new ways to shoot with spin, to kiss the ball off the backboard and to make sure that they get a fr… |
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It's been nearly five years since the Memphis Grizzlies sent Pau Gasol to the L.A. Lakers in what was one of the more vilified deals in NBA history. I... |
